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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 2004Greene County, Lawrence County, Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2004, 4:16 AM EST for Greene County, Lawrence County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2004, 4:16 AM EST (09:16 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 4:45 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

068 
WUUS53 KIND 270916
SVRIND
INC055-093-105-270945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
416 AM EST THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 445 AM EST

* AT 409 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF OOLITIC...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OOLITIC AROUND 430 AM EST

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3916 8689 3896 8692 3890 8669 3870 8667
          3876 8636 3913 8640

$$

DS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan33 min
May 27, 4:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin46 min
May 27, 4:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson38 min
May 27, 4:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence32 min
May 27, 5:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings37 min
May 27, 5:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson32 min
May 27, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware35 min
May 27, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph38 min
May 27, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward51 min
May 27, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware51 min
May 27, 3:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRandolph48 min
May 27, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton45 min
May 27, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton40 min
May 27, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison41 min
May 27, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware45 min
May 27, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton43 min
May 27, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry40 min
May 27, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton31 min
May 27, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph46 min
May 27, 4:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Sullivan41 min
May 27, 4:36 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRandolph24 min
May 27, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox37 min
May 27, 4:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison43 min
May 27, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph45 min
May 27, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware35 min
May 27, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene45 min
May 27, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene38 min
May 27, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Monroe25 min
May 27, 5:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton65 min
May 27, 6:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph117 min
May 27, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan27 min
May 27, 6:16 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Monroe29 min
May 27, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox34 min
May 27, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison45 min
May 27, 6:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more3 hr
May 27, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph54 min
May 27, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby56 min
May 27, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin25 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.